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2 Chronicles 13:2

AbijahJeroboamMaachahUrielGibeahJerusalem

1 Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam began Abijah to reign over Judah.

He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.

3 And Abijah set the battle in array with an army of valiant men of war, even four hundred thousand chosen men: Jeroboam also set the battle in array against him with eight hundred thousand chosen men, being mighty men of valour.

4 And Abijah stood up upon mount Zemaraim, which is in mount Ephraim, and said, Hear me, thou Jeroboam, and all Israel;

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BSB
and he reigned in Jerusalem three years. His mother’s name was Micaiah daughter of Uriel; she was from Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
KJV
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name also was Michaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
WEB
He reigned three years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. There was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
ASV
Three years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Micaiah the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
DARBY
He reigned three years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Michaiah, the daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and Jeroboam.
BLB
Three years he reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [was] Micaiah daughter of Uriel of Gibeah. And there was war between Abijah and between Jeroboam.
ÅB
Han regjerte tre år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Mikaja; hun var datter av Uriel og var fra Gibea. Mellom Abia og Jeroboam var det krig.
OTB
Han regjerte i tre år i Jerusalem; og hans mors navn var Mika, datter av Uriel fra Gibea. Og det var krig mellom Abia og Jeroboam.
B1930
Han regjerte tre år i Jerusalem. Hans mor hette Mikaja; hun var datter av Uriel og var fra Gibea. Mellem Abia og Jeroboam var det krig.

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  • 2 Chronicles 11:20

    And after her he took Maachah the daughter of Absalom; which bare him Abijah, and Attai, and Ziza, and Shelomith.

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  • 1 Kings 15:6–7

    And there was war between Rehoboam and Jeroboam all the days of his life.

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  • 1 Samuel 10:26

    And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.

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  • Joshua 18:28

    And Zelah, Eleph, and Jebusi, which is Jerusalem, Gibeath, and Kirjath; fourteen cities with their villages. This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families.

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  • 1 Kings 15:2

    Three years reigned he in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Maachah, the daughter of Abishalom.

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  • Judges 19:16

    And, behold, there came an old man from his work out of the field at even, which was also of mount Ephraim; and he sojourned in Gibeah: but the men of the place were Benjamites.

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  • Judges 19:14

    And they passed on and went their way; and the sun went down upon them when they were by Gibeah, which belongeth to Benjamin.

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